Yan Yuezhao was taken away by the captain. He would most likely face a warning or a round of self-criticism, but Meng Zhoushan was not considering either of those.
Early the next morning, Meng Zhoushan obtained the captain's consent and took Sui Yuesheng to Chen Pingchuan's home to help pack up some personal belongings.
Meng Zhoushan was in a hurry yesterday, so he didn't look at the layout of this room carefully. When he came here today, he found that there was only one bedroom, probably where Chen Pingchuan and Wang Suying slept.
In addition, there is a single bed next to the sofa in the living room.
Meng Zhoushan asked Sui Yuesheng: "Do you usually sleep next to the sofa?"
Sui Yuesheng shook his head, pushed the wheelchair into the storage compartment next to him, pointed to a simple folding bed against the wall and said, "Next to the sofa is Akang's bed. I usually sleep here."
The storage room was small to begin with, and with all sorts of messy things piled up, there was only a narrow aisle left. Next to it was a window that let in air, so it was cold in winter and hot in summer. Meng Zhoushan couldn't imagine how Sui Yuesheng could live in such a place for so many years.
Sui Yuesheng was packing up and didn't notice Meng Zhoushan's complicated look. He opened the window and carefully brought the flower pot outside the windowsill in. He was worried that the seeds would die if they were not taken care of. However, when he looked closely, he saw a tender green bud poking out of the black soil.
"uncle, "
Sui Yuesheng held the flower pot up to Meng Zhoushan, her voice full of joy and her eyes full of tiny sparkles.
"Look, the seed sprouts."
So happy, with pure joy. It was as if the seed buried in the soil was me, and now I finally broke free from the soil and sprouted.
Meng Zhoushan adjusted his glasses, squatted down to look, and deliberately teased: "Where is it? Why can't I see it?"
Sui Yuesheng lowered her head and pointed to it: "Here, the green one."
Meng Zhoushan: "Why can't I see? Are you dazzled?"
Sui Yuesheng had no choice but to lean closer, almost touching Meng Zhoushan's forehead: "Uncle, look, there is a green leaf here..."
After she finished speaking, she looked up at Meng Zhoushan, and the other party just looked up. Their two warm lips rubbed against each other inadvertently, mixed with each other's warm breath, the touch was soft but clear.
They were all stunned for a second.
Meng Zhoushan looked up in surprise, and happened to meet the boy's trembling eyelashes and clear black eyes, which were faintly shimmering with a layer of charming watery light.
Sui Yuesheng held the flower on her knees tightly, moved her lips silently, and her breath was hot and seductive: "Uncle...?"
When she spoke in a low voice, she looked innocent and pitiful. Her eyes were clearly almond-shaped, black and white, and her eyelashes were long and thick. If you looked closely, you could see that the ends of her eyes were slightly upturned, which gave her a seductive look that didn't belong to her age.
Meng Zhoushan was in a trance for a moment and instinctively pulled away. The next second, Sui Yuesheng suddenly reached out and grabbed him, and asked seriously word by word: "Uncle, did you see it? It sprouted."
Repeated: "Seed sprout."
Meng Zhoushan's mind was in a mess because of the unintentional kiss just now. Hearing this, he finally came to his senses, but seeing Sui Yuesheng so happy because of a pot of flowers, he couldn't help but feel soft.
"I see."
Meng Zhoushan: "You can make your wish now, and tell me when it blooms."
When I gave this pot of flowers to the boy, I promised that if it bloomed, I would grant him a wish.
Sui Yuesheng slowly stroked the flower pot when he heard this, and looked straight at him: "Uncle, can I have any wish? Will you give me everything I want?"
Meng Zhoushan stood up and rubbed his head: "If you want to go to the moon, it may be a little difficult."
But Sui Yuesheng is such a well-behaved kid, he shouldn’t ask for something that’s too difficult, right
"I don't want the moon."
Sui Yuesheng didn't want anything after all. He opened the closet and finally started to pack up his few personal belongings. However, the few clothes that were so old that they had threads pulled out were just taken away by Meng Zhoushan and thrown aside.
Meng Zhoushan didn't like Sui Yuesheng wearing those old clothes: "Don't want the clothes, I bought them for you."
Then he added: "Shoes too."
After all these eliminations, Sui Yuesheng seemed to have nothing left.
Sui Yuesheng opened the drawer under the locker and took out a small box. He placed it on his knees along with the flower pot carefully.
That's all the property.
Meng Zhoushan looked at the box and asked, "What's in it?"
Sui Yuesheng said, "These are my parents' belongings. All the valuables were taken away by my uncles. This is the only thing left. It was a toy from when I was a child."
It was a disaster for Meng Zhoushan to have such a terrible relative like Chen Pingchuan. Seeing that Sui Yuesheng had nothing else to take, he pushed the car away from Chen Pingchuan's residence. However, when he passed the living room, he saw something on the floor shining in the sunlight.
Meng Zhoushan adjusted his glasses to see what it was. The next second, Sui Yuesheng bent down and picked up the thing, a small thing on his fingertips. It was a rhinestone, which was hard to see without careful observation.
Sui Yuesheng did not throw it away immediately, but held it up to show Meng Zhoushan, and said meaningfully: "Uncle, it's a rhinestone."
It is likely to appear on clothes, but it is also likely to appear on women's nails.
The system was hiding in the dark. Hearing this, he subconsciously looked at himself and suspected that it had fallen from him. But after checking and confirming that it was not, he put it down.
When Meng Zhoushan saw the diamond, he felt it looked familiar. Something flashed through his mind, but the information was too fragmentary to grasp for a moment. At this moment, the plainclothes police officer on duty outside knocked on the door and urged, "Editor Meng, have you packed your things?"
Meng Zhoushan was stunned when he heard this: "Pack it up, please."
After this incident, Meng Zhoushan had to temporarily suppress his doubts and pushed Sui Yuesheng out of the room.
In the evening, Yan Yuezhao called and said, "The forensic department has verified that the Ouroboros pattern on the wall of Chen Pingchuan's house is indeed different from the previous two cases. I have reported to the captain and applied for the arrest of Li Juan."
Meng Zhoushan always felt that things would not go so smoothly: "Then what?"
Yan Yuezhao probably felt aggrieved, and his voice could not hide his annoyance: "The man was arrested in the morning, but due to insufficient evidence, he was released in the evening."
Li Juan came to the city from the countryside to work three years ago. She had never been to school and knew nothing, so she could only work on the assembly line in the factory. Chen Pingchuan happened to be her team leader, and he easily won her over by showing her some concern.
A month ago, Li Juan suddenly learned that Chen Pingchuan actually had a mother-in-law, and she made a scene and forced a divorce. Chen Pingchuan was unwilling, and after being fired by the company, he unilaterally cut off contact with Li Juan.
Yan Yuezhao said, "We checked and found that she just moved into this building after she and Chen Pingchuan had a falling out. After Chen Pingchuan's family died, she moved out in a hurry. I suspect it was premeditated murder. But we didn't find any evidence against her at the scene. She insisted that she had never been to the crime scene. We had to let her go after half an investigation."
She insisted that she had never been to the crime scene
When Meng Zhoushan heard this, he suddenly remembered the rhinestone that he found in Chen Pingchuan's house. He seemed to have seen the same one on Li Juan's nails
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said to Yan Yuezhao, "Come over in the evening," then hung up the phone and prepared to go to Chen Pingchuan's house to look for the rhinestone.
Sui Yuesheng was cooking. Seeing Meng Zhoushan was about to go out, she gently pushed the wheelchair in front of her and asked in a puzzled tone, "Are you going out?"
Meng Zhoushan hummed, not knowing what was going on, and turned back to ask, "Yuesheng, do you remember where you put the rhinestone you picked up today?"
"Rhinestones?"
Sui Yuesheng rummaged around in her pocket when she heard that, then took out the rhinestone she had found today, pursed her lips and whispered, "I think it's pretty, it would be a shame to throw it away, so I'll bring it with me."
After saying this, she asked anxiously, "Uncle, what's wrong?"
Meng Zhoushan was relieved when he saw this. After all, rhinestones are so small that it is hard to find them if lost. He stretched out his hand to rub Sui Yuesheng's head and said, "Nothing. I just want to praise your cleverness."
He took the rhinestone and wrapped it in a tissue, planning to wait for Yan Yuezhao to come before giving it to him.
However, after doing all this, a question came to Meng Zhoushan's mind. If the murderer was really Li Juan, how could she ensure that she would not leave any traces of herself after killing three people
Meng Zhoushan slowly sat down on the sand, frowning and falling into deep thought.
Sui Yuesheng saw that he was frowning, so she gently placed a hand on Meng Zhoushan's knee and asked in a low voice, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
Meng Zhoushan adjusted his glasses and said, "The murderer who killed your uncle's family may have been found, but there were no traces left at the crime scene, and the only murder weapon only had your aunt's fingerprints on it. So there is not enough evidence now, and it is difficult for the police to make a final decision."
"oh… "
Sui Yuesheng didn't seem to react, even in a place where Meng Zhoushan couldn't see: "So it's because of this..."
Sui Yue leaned close to Meng Zhoushan's ear as if whispering something, and lowered her voice and said, "Uncle, do you know that my aunt really loves Akang and treats him like her lifeblood?"
Like a child, she reached out and gently hugged Meng Zhoushan's neck, her fingertips falling on Meng Zhoushan's Adam's apple, caressing him gently: "If someone threatens my aunt with Akang's life, she is willing to do anything, including killing people..."
Sui Yuesheng's few words connected the messy clues in Meng Zhoushan's mind together.
Yes, Li Juan really couldn’t kill three people at the same time, but what if she just held the weaker one hostage
Using Chen Kang's life as a threat, forcing Wang Suying to kill the drunk Chen Pingchuan, and then let Wang Suying tie a rope to the ceiling fan, forcing her to "commit suicide", then everything will pass.
Meng Zhoushan understood this and his thoughts suddenly became clear. He didn't even care about anything else. He immediately walked to the desk and began to look through the pile of photos left by Yan Yuezhao last night. He paused on one of the photos about Chen Kang's autopsy scar records.
The forensic doctor found a tiny red mark on Chen Kang's neck, but it was not fatal and more like a scratch left by a fingernail, so he took a photo to preserve the suspicion.
Meng Zhoushan looked at the rhinestone and then at the scar left on Chen Kang's neck. If Li Juan had really held Chen Kang hostage, then the broken diamonds on her nails would most likely have left marks on Chen Kang's neck.
I see…
So that’s how it is…
Meng Zhoushan understood the answer, and the huge rock in his heart finally fell slowly. He looked at Sui Yuesheng a little late, and saw the young man saying to him, "Uncle, let's eat. The soup is ready."
Meng Zhoushan walked over and squatted down in front of Sui Yue, touching her cold face with his fingertips: "Next time you eat, you don't have to wait for me. If you're hungry, just eat first, okay?"
Sui Yuesheng moved closer to Meng Zhoushan, forehead to forehead, the dark silk was smooth, making her skin look even fairer, and she said seriously: "But I'm eating with my uncle."